Main dates for East Timor By trober13 Feb 23, 1942 Japanese Invade Aug 15, 1945 World War 2 ends Jan 1, 1955 Portugese Timor declared 'overseas province' Jan 1, 1965 Suharto regime supressed Indonesias comunnist party Jan 1, 1974 Fall of Portugese Fascist regime Jan 1, 1974 Governor Mario Lemos Pires is appointed Jan 1, 1974 Developments are made in Portugese Timor Jan 1, 1975 Developments still being made and being watched by Indonesia and Australia Mar 13, 1975 Fretlin and UDT are biggest parties in the election Jun 30, 1975 Portugese Timor is becoming more decolonised Aug 11, 1975 UDT start a coup to stop the popularity of Fretlin Nov 28, 1975 Fretlin made a declaration of Independance for East Timor May 20, 2002 East Timor becomes formally Independant